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SGU Episode 939
July 8th 2023
939 Cannabal Hominid.jpg

"A recent study offered the “oldest decisive evidence” that our ancient hominid ancestors ate one another. But the field has a long history of overstating such claims, other scientists note." [1]

SGU 938                      SGU 940

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus, Latin writer from Antioch

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Hottest day, Meaning of life

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Quickie with Bob (11:55)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_][2]
     (Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)


News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Activity Good for Quality of Life (15:19)


Hominid Cannibals (25:19)


Aspartame and Cancer (33:53)


FAA Approves Flying Car (46:52)


_evan_refers_to_episode_from_the_future_

Neutrino Image of Milky Way (1:04:12)


Who's That Noisy? (1:13:01)

Answer to previous Noisy:
_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:15:51)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

... what that noisy is

Announcements (1:16:32)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Email #1: Politicization of skeptical topics (1:18:41)

Followup #1: Titan submersible failure (1:26:54)

Followup #2: Canada's forest management (1:28:19)

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Science or Fiction (1:32:58)

Item #1: A recent review of data finds that maternal mortality rate more than doubled in the US between 1999 and 2019 in every racial and ethnic group.[7]
Item #2: Astronomers observing distant quasars find that time in the early universe flowed 5 times slower than it does today.[8]
Item #3: A study involving bacterial cells with a minimized genome, in which every gene is deemed essential, revealed a dramatically reduced rate of evolutionary adaptation to stressed environments.[9]

Answer Item
Fiction Cells w/ minimized genome
Science US maternal mortality rate
Science
Universe flowed 5x slower
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Jay
 US maternal mortality rate
Evan
 Cells w/ minimized genome
Cara
 US maternal mortality rate
Bob
 Cells w/ minimized genome

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Jay's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:50:35)


It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

 – Publilius Syrus (85–43 BC), Latin writer from Antioch 


Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[10]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NYT: Cannibalism, or 'Clickbait' for Paleoanthropology?
  2. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  3. ↑ University of Cambridge: Older adults who remain more active have a better quality of life, study finds
  4. ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Aspartame and Cancer
  5. ↑ CNN: A flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA
  6. ↑ Science: IceCube detects high-energy neutrinos from within the Milky Way
  7. ↑ JAMA: Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States
  8. ↑ Nature Astronomy: Detection of the cosmological time dilation of high-redshift quasars
  9. ↑ Nature: Evolution of a minimal cell
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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